Golf JotsYour round, remembered
Privacy policy
Learn how Golf Jots handles local golf records, optional account backup, analytics, permissions, course maps and data deletion.
Effective 5 September 2026
What Golf Jots stores
Golf Jots stores your rounds, hole entries, course choices, personal playing benchmark, preferences, notification inbox, read status, and a small rolling set of recovery snapshots in a SQLite database on this device. On Android, a private active-round snapshot keeps an optional home-screen widget current and is cleared when the round ends.
What leaves your device
When you deliberately export or share a JSON backup, you choose which app or destination receives it. If you create an optional account, Golf Jots sends your email address, completed rounds, round notes, and preferences to its account and cloud-backup provider so that history can be restored. Active-round solo scoring remains local. Optional product analytics and separately configured crash diagnostics are described below. On Android, Google ML Kit automatically sends limited app/device information, a per-installation identifier, and OCR operational metrics to Google; it does not send the scorecard image or recognized text.
Optional product analytics
Analytics starts on for new installations; saved choices are preserved and Settings lets you opt out. PostHog receives usage events on all platforms; Google Analytics also receives web events and Firebase Analytics receives native events. These include app opens, native lifecycle events, screen names, round/import events, hole count, strategy, environment, platform and SDK identifiers/device information. Web clicks and page views are captured with text and attributes masked; URLs and referrers are excluded and Do Not Track is respected. Events exclude scores, names, email, courses, notes, GPS, photos, OCR text and audio. Advertising consent is denied and replay is off. Opt-out stops new events without deleting earlier provider data.
Crash diagnostics
Some releases automatically send scrubbed crash diagnostics to Sentry when crash reporting is configured. These reports retain crash type, stack information, app version, OS/device information, and limited diagnostic labels. User and request details, screenshots, attachments, breadcrumbs, and session replay are disabled or removed. Crash diagnostics are separate from the Help improve Golf Jots setting: turning off product analytics does not disable configured crash reporting or Android ML Kit operational metrics.
Account backup and JSON export
Account backup is optional. Completed rounds and preferences are validated before upload or restore, and scoring continues locally when offline. JSON backup files may contain your complete golf history and preferences; you choose where exported files are saved or which app receives them.
Retention and deletion
Local data remains until you clear it in Settings, choose Sign out and remove device data, or uninstall the app. Account backup remains until you delete the cloud account. Normal sign out and account deletion deliberately leave on-device rounds available and tied to that account; remove the device data before using a different account. Confirmation screens explain this before acting. Opting out of analytics, clearing local data, or deleting a Golf Jots account does not automatically delete analytics or diagnostics already held by providers. PostHog, Firebase, and Sentry retention depends on the applicable provider and project settings. Google controls retention and deletion of ML Kit operational metrics under its terms and privacy policy. Contact support for questions about previously sent data.
Permissions
Location is requested when you choose Find Nearby or Use GPS. Find Nearby uses a single position on device. Optional hole GPS uses precise foreground location while its hole screen is open; it stops when you leave the screen, put the app in the background or choose Stop GPS. Golf Jots does not save or transmit these GPS positions. Camera or photo access is requested only for scorecard import; text recognition runs on device and images are not uploaded or stored with rounds. On Android, ML Kit may contact Google for fixes, model or hardware-compatibility information and sends the limited operational metrics described above. Temporary app-cache copies are deleted when you replace the image, finish import, or leave the import screen; Golf Jots never deletes the original library photo. Microphone and speech-recognition access are requested only for optional voice entry; on-device recognition is required and Golf Jots does not retain audio. Notification permission is requested only after you enable a reminder, and local reminder schedules can be changed in Settings. On iOS 17 and later, add-only calendar access is requested only when you choose Add tee time; Golf Jots cannot read your calendar. Android opens the system event editor without calendar permission. Golf Jots does not request contacts, tracking, or background location.
Course maps
The course map loads OpenStreetMap tiles over the internet. The tile provider receives your IP address, browser or app identification, and the map area viewed. Your GPS fix, scores, account details and notes are not sent to the map provider. Course selection and scoring remain available when map tiles cannot load.
Course weather
Round setup requests a forecast from MET Norway using the selected course’s coordinates, not your GPS position. MET Norway receives your IP address, app or browser identification, and the requested course coordinates, and stores access logs in Norway. Scores, notes and account details are not sent. A small forecast cache is kept on this device; forecasts are reused for at least an hour and cached results older than six hours are not shown. Native cache files may be cleared by the operating system; browser caches can be removed by clearing site data. Weather is optional for scoring, and manual conditions remain available offline.
Weather data credits
Weather data from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Golf Jots converts wind speeds, rounds displayed values and summarises forecast conditions. Rain amounts are estimates for each hourly interval. UV is a cloud-free forecast estimate, not a measured reading or a cloud-adjusted forecast. Times use the course’s time zone where known.
Hole GPS and map data
GPS green distances use bundled OpenStreetMap geometry and are calculated on device without sending your location to a map provider. Supported courses are labelled GPS available. Distances are approximate, depend on phone and mapping accuracy, and do not locate today’s flag. Stale or imprecise readings are hidden. The derived course geometry is available under ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors. It is bundled for offline use and updated with app releases. Selected courses also include aerial hole guides and optional layup planning. Aerial tiles are loaded from MapTiler; the provider receives your IP address, app/browser identification and the selected map area, but not your GPS fix. Tiles are held in memory for display and are not bundled for offline redistribution. Imagery may be older than current conditions. If imagery fails, a bundled coordinate-drawn outline remains available. Target points are temporary, stay on device and are cleared when you leave the guide. They show geometric distances, not safe landing recommendations. Missing features are not inferred. Opening source or download links uses your internet connection.
Nearby facilities and data credits
Nearby facility data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0. Golf Jots filters, groups and rounds distances from mapped features within 1.2 km of the course pin. Nearby facilities may be outside the course, restricted or closed; missing map data does not mean a facility is absent. A dated snapshot is bundled for offline use. The app checks Golf Jots’s website for an updated snapshot at most once a day. The website receives your IP address and app/browser identification; selected course coordinates, GPS, scores and account details are not included in that request. Opening a facility link sends you to OpenStreetMap. Maintainers refresh the shared snapshot from OpenStreetMap; app installations do not query Overpass.
Daylight calculations and software credit
Sunrise and sunset are calculated entirely on device using the course location and date. They are approximate astronomical times; terrain and local conditions can affect usable daylight. No external request is made. Calculations use SunCalc 2.0.2, distributed under the BSD 2-Clause licence. Copyright (c) 2026, Volodymyr Agafonkin All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Changes and contact
This policy will be updated if Golf Jots adds advertising, user-profile analytics, broader cloud processing, or materially different data handling. Questions can be sent to simondarcy7@outlook.com.